Challenge and Confidence

The Challenge and Confidence is a gold and silver mine located in Storey county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,001 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Challenge and Confidence

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Storey
District: Comstock Lode

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Houston Oil And Minerals Corp. (Present)

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1867
Discovery Year: 1859
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Comstock Fault

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Strong Silicification, Sericitization, Propylitization

Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Argentite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): THIS GROUP OF MINES, TOGETHER WITH THE IMPERIAL TO THE NORTH, LOCATED AT GOLD HILL WAS THE SITE OF THE ORIGINAL DISCOVERY OF THE COMSTOCK LODE. VERY RICH ORE WAS TAKEN OUT OF THE CHALLENGE-CONFIDENCE IN 1866. NOW PART OF HOUSTON OIL AND MINERALS OPEN PIT MINING OPERATIONS AT GOLDHILL ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Development): THIS GROUP OF MINES TOGETHER WITH THE IMPERIAL TO THE NORTH, WAS THE SITE OF THE ORIGINAL COMSTOCK LODE DISCOVERY. RICH ORE MINED IN 1866. NOW PART OF HOUSTON OIL & MINERALS OPEN PIT OPERATIONS

Comment (Workings): SHAFT, OTHER WORKINGS, OPEN PIT.

Comment (Location): BETWEEN YELLOWJACKET AND IMPERIAL CLAIMS ON THE LODE

References

Reference (Deposit): STODDARD., C, AND CARPENTER J.A., 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEV; NEV. BUR MINES 49.

Reference (Deposit): W.P.A. STATE WRITER'S PROJECT, 1940-41, INDIVIDUAL HISTORIES OF THE MINES OF THE COMSTOCK NEV BUR MINE & GEOL., OPEN FILE REPORT

Reference (Deposit): GIANELLA, V.P., 1936, GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER CITY DISTRICT AND THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE COMSTOCK LODE, NEVADA, NEV. UNIV. BULL., VOL. 30 NO 9.

Reference (Production): STODDARD, C. AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950

Nevada Gold

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.